Migara A. Wijeratne, Gen. Designer

Migara A. Wijeratne

Gen. Designer

ASAK Group

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Diploma, Dip in Multimedia
Experience
17 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months

Gen. Designer at ASAK Group
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since July 2018

• Working on a creative brief with copy writer/member of the creative team
• Coming up with Creative Ideas for assigned campaigns
• Assuring all materials are developed according to the given direction
• Designing layouts to produce an effective advertising campaign
• Working together with third party (photographer, production house, etc.)
• Final Artwork
• Making all relevant materials ready on time for presentation
• Print Supervision
• Managing projects and working within a budget

Art Director at Trumps Solutions
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 3
  • August 2016 to June 2018

• Working on a creative brief with copy writer/member of the creative team
• Coming up with Creative Ideas for assigned campaigns
• Assuring all materials are developed according to the given direction
• Designing layouts to produce an effective advertising campaign
• Working together with third party (photographer, production house, etc.)
• Final Artwork
• Making all relevant materials ready on time for presentation
• Print Supervision
• Managing projects and working within a budget

Junior Art Director at Inmarc Advertising (Pvt) Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 6
  • August 2015 to August 2016

• Generating original visual executions that are both exciting and creatively attractive.
• Delivering work of the highest quality after working with team members to develop new ideas.
• Working with the art director and account managers to establish appropriate creative directions.
• Staying abreast of new media formats and learning how to incorporate them into campaigns.
• Working with senior designers and art directors to establish new skills and insights.

Chief of Graphics at Wijeya Graphics (Pvt) Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 14
  • October 2006 to June 2015

This experience is the start of my career. I have almost 9 years of experience in this position. I have worked around 13 branches in Sri Lanka mostly in the Major cities for instance Colombo, Kandy. Every organising and leading activity done by myself in the aspects of organising and arranging of graphic syllabus, practicals and assignments. There were 46 lecturers under my supervision and leadership and in this scope of experience I did quality control mainly from the dress codes of the lecturers to documentation and maintenance of the institute in order to make the activities successful and disciplined..

Education

Diploma, Dip in Multimedia
  • at Wijeya Graphics
  • August 2007

1. Successfully Completed the Graphics Designing and Commercial Arts Synergyen Centre School of Fine Arts and Designing (24th of August 2006) 2. Successfully Completed the Diploma in Multimedia Wijeya Graphics (Pvt) Ltd. (23rd of October 2007) 3. Successfully Completed NVQ Level 04 The National Apprentice & Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) for the occupation of Computer Graphic Designer under National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) (29th of May 2015) 4. Following Offset Lithography | Digital Pre-Press Costing & Estimating | Design for Print Sri Lanka Institute of Printing May 2015 - Present

High school or equivalent, A/L
  • at Mahanama College - Colombo 03
  • August 2005

Specialties & Skills

Branding
Art Direction
Concept Design
Social Media
Digital Media
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ADVERTISING
ART DIRECTION
LOGO DESIGNING
ONLINE AND OFFLINE ART WORKS
BRANDING
COREL DRAW
PRINT DESIGNS
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

Languages

English
Intermediate

Hobbies

  • Cocking, Designing, Fashion Watching, Watching Movies (meaning full)